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1"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?

1I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?

2What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high,

2For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?

3if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?

3Doesn't disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?

4He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"

4Does he not see my ways and number all my steps?

5"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,

5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

6let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.

6let God weigh me on accurate scales, and he will recognize my integrity.

7If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

7If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,

8what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted."

8let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.

9"If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I've laid in wait at my friend's door,

9If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

10then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

10let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.

11because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

11For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.

12The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward."

12For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest.

13"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,

13If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me,

14what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him?

14what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer him when he calls me to account?

15The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?"

15Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

16"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

16If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow's eyes go blind,

17if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans,

17if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it--

18(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

18for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow--

19if I've observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,

19if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,

20if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,

20if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

21if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,

21if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

22then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

22then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket.

23For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."

23For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.

24"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, 'You're my security,'

24If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,

25if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,

25if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,

26if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor,

26if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,

27so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,

27so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,

28this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

28this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.

29"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

29Have I rejoiced over my enemy's distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?

30No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

31People in my household have said, 'We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

31Haven't the members of my household said, "Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job's table?"

32No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers."

32No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler.

33"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself?

33Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart

34Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

34because I greatly feared the crowds and because the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?

35"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature —let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

35If only I had someone to hear my case! Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me. Let my Opponent compose his indictment.

36I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!

36I would surely carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

37I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief."

37I would give him an account of all my steps; I would approach him like a prince.

38"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,

38If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping,

39If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;

39if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants,

40may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

40then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.

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